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PANTS LEG GUARD.

No. 569,945. Patefited Oct. 20, 1896.

Wxbaesses OMS? UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

SAMUEL J. TURNER AND CHARLES T. GLASSER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNE- SOTA,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-FOURTH TO HENRY J. GLASSER, OF SAME PLACE.

PANTS-LEG GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 569,945, dated October20, 1896. Application filed September 20, 1895 Serial No. 563,109. (Nomodel.)

longer and the outer jaw the wider, as shown in Fig. 2. On the end ofthis inner jaw is placed a cap or tip 8. The walls of the cap 8 may bestruck up or pinched together between wires 1 and 7, as shown at 9, Fig.2, so as to holdthe tip firmly upon the end of the jaw. This cap securesthe end of wire 6 to the end of the fold forming the inner jaw, makes aneat finish, and prevents the wires of that jaw To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. TURNER and CHARLES T. GLASSER, citizensof the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepinand State of Minnesota,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pants-Leg Guardsfor Use in Riding Bicycles, of which the following is a specification.

Our, invention relates to pants-leg guards in the form of an open ringfor holding the loose portion of the pants-leg at the ankle tightlyabout the leg, so as to prevent such loose portion from catching on orinterfering with a bicycle, or from rubbing against the same while a manis riding thereon; and the objects of our invention are to produce aholder that will clamp and hold the pants-leg about the ankle in suchway as to hold it neatly and firmly, and at the same time avoidwrinkling of the pants-leg, and so that where there is a central frontcrease in the pants-leg such crease will be preserved, notwithstandingsuch folding of the pants-leg. WVe attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing the right foot and a portion of the leg of a personwith our device adjusted upon the pants-leg. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of our pants-leg guard. Fig. 3 is a top edge view of the pants-legguard, showing in section the fold of the pants in position held by theclamp of the guard before the guard is clamped around the leg of therider. Fig. 4 is a top edge view of the guard and a section of thepants, the same as Fig. 3, but with the guard brought around the leg andclamped so as to be in position for use, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is adetail showing the cap for the end of the inner jaw.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The pants-leg guard is formed of a single spring-wire 1 bent or foldedupon itself, so as to form a clamp 2 near one of the ends, as shown inFig. 2. In this clamp the outer wires 3 4 of the fold and the transverseportion 5 of the wire form the outer jaw of the clamp, while theinterior folds 6 7 and the main wire 1 form the inner jaw of the clamp.WVe prefer to make the inner jaw of the clamp 2 the from catching in thepants-leg in putting the guard upon the pants.

In order to place the guard upon the pants 11, one hand will grasp thepants in front at the end of the pants-leg, while the outer jaw of theholder may be grasped between the thumb and forefingers of the otherhand. In this way the guard is readily slipped upon the pants-leg, sothat it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3. The free portion of theguard is then drawn around the leg and tightly clamps the fold of thepants about the ankle, as shown in Figs. 1 and at. If the pants arecreased in front, that crease will be represented by line 12, Fig. 1,and it will readily be seen that the crease will be preservednotwithstanding the folding of the pants. In the common open ring-guardin general use there is nothing to preserve and hold this crease inplace, and the pants are otherwise wrinkled and become dis-adjusted inriding the wheel. By the use of our device this difficulty is obviated.Besides the same is inexpensive in construction and convenient for use.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A pants-leg guard composed of wire so bent upon itself as to form,near one end of the guard, spring-jaws which are adapted to grasp andhold the fold of the pants, while the whole is adapted to encircle theleg and tightly clasp the pants about the leg, substantially as shownand described.

2. A pants-leg guard composed of springwire in the form of an open ring,provided with outer and inner jaws formed by folding the wire uponitself, so that the forward end of the outer jaw extends transverselyacross the wires of the inner shown and described.

3. In a pants-leg guard, the combination of a spring-clasp in the formof an open ring, a

jaw, substantially as clamp composed of Wire bent upon itself to so bentupon itself that the outer jaw is the IO form an outer and inner jaw,and a cap snr- Wider and the inner jaw the longer, substannionnting theforward end of the inner jaw, tially as shown and described.

substantially as set forth.

4. In a pants-leg guard, the combination of SAMUEL J. TURNER. aspring-clasp in the form of an open ring, a CHARLES T. GLASSER. clamphaving jaws adapted to receive and hold the fold of the pants by springaction, all composed of a single wire, said Wire being Vitnesses:

C. A. BROEFFLE, O. E. SoUTHWIcK.

